"The outcry over America's bathroom habits is being promoting in part by recent data showing that 98% of the toilet paper consumed in the US in 2008 came from virgin fibers (compare that to 60% in Europe and Latin America). According to the NYT, a significant portion of the quilted, super fluffy, triple-ply TP that comes from the nation's leading brands comes from rare old-growth forests in Canada. Sadly, the super comfy paper that is enjoyed for only a couple of unsavory seconds takes decades, if not centuries, to grow. Of course, there are plenty of alternatives out there like recycledTP or -- for hardcore conservationists -- the cloth toilet wipe."

Reading the above, we had a thought that also might have occurred to you.

With the economy playing havoc with new vehicle sales, wouldn't this be a great time to pick up on a Hummer at at huge discount. Then you can drive it over to your local grocery wholesaler and fill its cavernous interior with crates of Greenpeace-recommended toilet papermade of high post-consumer and recycled content.

On your next trip to the bathroom, relieve yourself of guilt, knowing your purchases created a net value to the environment.

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